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A nine-member government team will set up its own tent at the base camp to report on the activities there, provide help when needed and ensure that climbers are cleaning up behind them.

They would also be able to stop any trouble, like last year's brawl between three foreign climbers and local Sherpa guides.

The officials would include security personnel and would have the power to scrap the climbing permit and even order the climbers to leave the mountain.

One of the initiatives includes the introduction of separate fixed ropes for climbers ascending and descending near the summit to help ease the traffic, said Tourism Ministry official Mohan Krishna Sapkota

The move follows years of criticism that Nepal has done little to manage the growing number of Everest climbers despite making millions of dollars in fees

GROWING IN POPULARITY: WHY DOES EVERYONE CLIMB IN MAY?

More than 800 climbers attempted to scale Everest during the 2013 spring season and the number is expected to be similar this year too, according to the Mountaineering Department.

The best time to climb Everest is in the Spring, April - May. Climbers primarily look for a prolonged period (4-5 days) of stable weather with the jet stream far away.

This is called 'the window'. It comes every year at about the same time in May and lasts for about a week.

May is best as the winds blow more gently from the end of the month and it’s warmer.

Sapkota said the plan is to manage the flow of climbers working with expedition teams during the two or three opportunities in May when the weather is favorable for the climb above the South Col at 8,000 metres (26,240 feet).

Climbers refer to it as the 'death zone' because of the hostile conditions and little chance of rescue.

The separate ropes would allow the climbers returning from the summit to quickly get back to lower grounds to rest while they would not be blocking fellow climbers on the way to the summit.

More than 800 climbers attempted to scale Everest during the 2013 spring season and the number is expected to be similar this year too, according to the Mountaineering Department.

More than 4,000 climbers have scaled the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) summit since 1953, when it was first conquered by New Zealand climber Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Hundreds of others have died in the attempt.